Electric time-switch.



W. B. GARRETT.

L. ELECTRIC TIME SWITCH.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.2I| 1914.

Patented July 13,1915.

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1,146,151.` PatentedJu1y13,1915.

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ELECTRIC TIME SWITCH.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21. I9I4.

1,146,151. I Patented July 13, 191,5.

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therewith. igfh'isv, a vertical seo- `ffm-a1, View as` an on@ line 2 2mustrating' the eloeklworknlehanism. -.Fig.'3 fe y y r` 3-'3.0i Fig. 1,forthe purpose-of showing 'y inoiey Vclearly the means ,'for' startingthe e `olocl-WorkeScapernent Fig. 4 is Vaface `Vievvvfof the control andindieating side of *"iny improved time, controlled'ewitch, the g;Vseyerali operative inembeiifs being in,V operais` a verticalsectionalview .taken "on :the line Y Vtiife'positions. Fig. 5` isyagface View ofthe Witchk side ofthe' mechanismg the' sWitoh301eefnjel.rk Figl isadetailvetieal'seetional` View taken on the 'liney6- 6 fof yFig. 2, de tailingtheeontrol' Shaft *structure* Fig. 7

ydetail*sectional' View on theline 7-7 Said.; tiinefginecha# `v'spiinginotoijy of the fOrf Operation' by the controlling a eleased from r.the-@fo wma @Ch @wien "yiewjas taker-1 on the linevS-S 'of Fig.l 5, lillnstifating the ySwitchV Structure 'E in1 Section.

`F1g.gf 9 .isay ',v'iewf of my'improved mechanism the) Clookf Worksbeing indicated merely.

V1"`i, 10kisfa fragmentary View taken from Eig; 4 showingI 'theindioatoif set at' onehalf 'its range of operation fl and-"the,operating y `handle having'actuatedl thel `es .ca'pement"dey tentytoet-'artfthecloCk-Works,

in'ventlonisek bodied tinneiyineehaniemfanl,thefelectric switchcontrolled byf-the-action thereof;A land;these" several Ineghanisrnsare*y `'peculiarly arranged. 'and ombination `With theinl add myimprove` i niente, vthfewhole effecting the objects above Slet vforthand'fthe invention as .'set forth in d: the' appendingclainis.l n 'fInthe drawings'y I Whavejillnstr'ated the f: v ecilninoii form of'clockfworks' asthetime?y ineehafnisrnl and a switch as of the"knifetype, b`othof` which will be more 'particularlydeseribedihereinater; and these mech# n anisms' `Lire-(shownuninc'aeevdyit being ob'- C fvion'sfthat, a Suitable easing and.Inonnting av g my iIne is 'polesv v12rfan'l l'laremmounted on'ramerlL-ify the ole'13` leading tothe spring poles 14j l ofaknifelfswitoh-and the 'pole112 leadingwto the condnotivef'arin 15kWhi'ehfjis 'pivoted at 5i '1 6 5 to "'the frame- Work 1'( mounted-spacedfrom frame'section 11, the stops 18 .andlS .liniiting the olos'edfand`open 'movements `of the said anni respeCtiYely Iwith the .spi'ing`poiles "14.) An y:1.111119 pivotedatflf vwith :being thelbala vconnect'mg vvi 'sad arm 15,v extending dametrcallyepposite therefrom,-carreset itsv outerend two@y lateral projectonsQO'and 21? vand limited'f v'in' its range of movement by VSt.Qp2l-f vitsgoppeste endsseparatelytethe arms, e

spring elementl fand) Shaftffbeng'e e the i shaf disposed @exerted ailinejincrsectmgf th 'rek-.sligift T42; whereby `ohef. erankarm 44 1s5mm-@Sha .thf'ext L' domaines l .vandnifove :freejtoi-"whatsoeverloisition" the indicator -33.is/,moved. The e100 -worksy j having been,"yautomatically: zset -in operation as 'above described, the indicatorinthe kcour'se* of @hours will be` moved clock-'wise to its 'normalpositiorngthe spring-'shaft larm 132 being' correspondmgly movedtherewith.

f cator'BS will havereachedthe control handle ofthel mechanism( At thisaction the indiv39and be stoppedthereby,;thus stopping the block-work@ ff n ,o K I p o ,'Itq'willbe seenthatwith the settingofthe 20E Y p1-k`cuit,,severalfunctions aresynohronously ef- 'feotedg 'the spring. islwound, the 'switch isnr .y f `-'closed and v theelock-work "is" set:,in-.o'per'afv v tion.v It isobvious that timemeohanism of 'Structure other:thanfcloekwork- 'herein dis-A-Y elosed maybe embodied in theinventi'on,also. n thatvdifferentformsofoontaot switches.mayv

- be used without departingfromthe scope of i' 32) fthe'inventionas setforth in''the claims.;

7 'y ,A V1, yIn a Circuit oontroll" gdevice, a clock mechanismjncludinga spring-motor, a tim-y ing-arbor voperated thereby, and a.timefmeas'urem-"a "switch, a oonnectionop'er'able A 'between-the/timing-arbor. andl switch for indicator to'any desiredfil forclosed eirthrowing the"switoh byvmovement ofthe timing-,arbomQ anindicating `finger?lxedly" connected tothe timing-arbor, an operating i.

arm loosely [mounted on the timing arbor, coperablewith the indicatingfinger to and'to Vthrow the switch.

'2. In a ciruitlcontrouing devienne combination ofa timing kmechanismhaving a mainfspringshafaa switch,fmean's operable j.,

by. thef main-spring shaft ,for throwingy the switch, f a `graduateddial, anindicating nger` coperable with thef dialQ'and "being flx-A edlymounted on thesaid shaftyanoperat'ing arm loosely mounted on' the saidshaft' and'v y being arrangedv to move' said finger to dierV ent setpositions whereby the main spring of th,timngfmeohanism-is wound'by the'set-- 40 movethefsame to a setupositionfand alconnection operalckebetween theoperating arm` "and timemeasurer `for imparting initialstarting movement tothe/lat'terwhen. said.

arm, isV moved to set the indicatin'gfnger i i tingl of lsaid nger andthe-,switch is thrown, v

a 'spring for retracting the-said operating v'arn'uafter it ,has beenmoved to set saidfinger,

and'I means operable by.said'foperating4 arm anisnr v`in operation.

' f WILLIAMVBL GARRETT; l f

nesses;

In presence of 'L BIVIN,

`for automatically.starting the timing `meohrvie eents' `eachfnyaddressing the omiiiissilonerfofatents, Washington, D. C. j n

